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I haven't understood why people obsess so much about someone's death. Shouldn't they be thinking about them more when they were alive?
by sytelus 5y ago
I haven't understood why people obsess so much about someone's death. Shouldn't they be thinking about them more when they were alive?
- AviationAtom 5y agoIt's the point at which people finally realize they should have appreciated the living more than they did. To quote a pop song: "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone"
- layer8 5y agoI think anytime is fine, but death is a good opportunity for reflection, recollection and sharing. And sometimes it’s the very realization that one should have engaged more with the person when they were still alive which intensifies the reaction.
- savanaly 5y agoIt's a schelling point.
- carapace 5y agoAre you going to NOT think about them?